County cracks down on panhandling

A new law passed Tuesday will restrict how and where people can make solicitations when it takes effect in January.

7:52 PM,
Dec. 4, 2012

Norman Freel of Fort Collins holds a sign asking for money at the intersection of Mulberry Road and Timberline Road Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012. Panhandling ordinance gained preliminary approval from the larimer County Comissioners Tuesday. It mirrors the City of Fort Collins ordinance to aim at stopping people asking for handouts.

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Patrick Malone
PatrickMalone@coloradoan.com

Larimer County commissioners unanimously adopted stern panhandling restrictions on Tuesday. Who panhandlers can solicit, where they can do it and how are limited by the ordinance, which prohibits the practice in unincorporated Larimer County at the places and in the manners citizens are accustomed to seeing it.

"We're not eliminating every place they can panhandle," said Commissioner Lew Gaiter. "We are trying to get them out of the places they pose a safety threat to themselves and the public." ...